Definitions for tsunami

tsunami tsu·na·mi

Spelling: [tsoo-nah-mee]
IPA: /tsʊˈnɑ mi/

Tsunami is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in tsunami (aimnstu).

Definitions for tsunami

noun

  1. an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.

Origin of tsunami

1905-10; Japanese, equivalent to tsu harbor (earlier tu) + nami wave

Examples for tsunami

His first trip was just four weeks after the tsunami to observe the devastation.

Typically, celebrities have stayed out of the Middle East conflict, knowing full well the tsunami of emotions it carries.

And even with the tsunami of fame crashing down, it only hardly fazes them.

Even the tsunami—there are people there who believe their loved ones may be alive somewhere.

When it came to shooting the famous parting of the Red Sea, Ridley Scott elected to show a tsunami splitting the waters.

But after the devastation of the 2011 tsunami, he decided to revisit the idea.

Tempest, hurricane, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, or Big Bang?

More than 70,000 people died from water-borne diseases after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Compas-Markman explained.

And now, a massive magnitude 8.2 off the coast of Chile that even generated a tsunami.

Things picked up again when the 2011 tsunami hit Tōhoku, Japan.

Word Value for tsunami
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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